Lot Essay
Lear arrived in Nice in November 1864 and spent six months in this area before returning to England in April 1865. Le Cannet-des-Maures is about 50 miles west of Nice.
Le Cannet, France
Details
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Le Cannet, France
inscribed and dated 'Cannet./6.April.1865/2.30.P.M.' and numbered '98' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on blue paper
12½ x 20 in. (32 x 49.5 cm.)
Le Cannet, France
inscribed and dated 'Cannet./6.April.1865/2.30.P.M.' and numbered '98' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour heightened with white on blue paper
12½ x 20 in. (32 x 49.5 cm.)
Provenance
Agnew's.